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Originally Posted by The Cobra
5x$5.5 + $27.5M
8x$4M=$32M.
That would mean getting him for his last 3 years for $4.5M. That's not going to happen.
The nature of signing UFA's is that you need to may may more than a player is worth for his later years. Assuming Backs wants maximum dollars (which is by no means a certainty), he'll command 8 years at at least $6M. Because he would get that on the open market easily in a weak UFA year
I expect he'll take less, or at least I hope so, he's an important part of the team going forward.
But I can't imagine there is any deal which starts with a $4M AAV. $5.5M would be the least amount I can see him signing for.
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The benefit for us is he cannot get 8 years on the open market in the current CBA.